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Notable locations in Ocilla: Ocilla Fire Department (A), Ocilla City Hall (B), Irwin County Library (C), Irwin County Jail (D), Irwin County Courthouse (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Ocilla include: Third Baptist Church (A), Second Baptist Church (B), Pleasant Grove Baptist Church (C), Ocilla Baptist Church (D), Mount Olive African Methodist Episcopal Church (E), First Methodist Church (F), Broaches Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (G), Pine Hill Church (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Ocilla City Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Park in Ocilla: Cumbee Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Courts: Irwin County Magistrate Court (301 South Irwin Avenue), Camelot Court Inc (Apricot Street).
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Irwin County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 51.9%
(43.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 49.2% for Black residents, 100.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 100.0% for American Indian residents, 100.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.6 people | | Georgia: |  2.5 people |
| This city: | 68.7% | | Whole state: | 70.2% |
| This city: | 5.1% | | Whole state: | 4.8% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Ocilla, GA
People in group quarters in Ocilla:
- 214 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 124 people in nursing homes
- 22 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 9 people in other group homes
Ocilla compared to Georgia state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Ocilla (2011 data):
- PlantersFIRST: Cherry Street Facility at 107 Cherry Street, branch established on 1974/06/03; Ocilla Branch at Cherry And Fourth Streets, branch established on 1907/01/01. Info updated 2008/01/29: Bank assets: $288.5 mil, Deposits: $269.8 mil, headquarters in Cordele, GA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 8 total offices, Holding Company: Mid State Banks, Inc.
- Wilcox County State Bank: Ocilla Branch at 413 N. Irwin Avenue, branch established on 2010/04/05. Info updated 2007/06/14: Bank assets: $80.6 mil, Deposits: $73.4 mil, headquarters in Abbeville, GA, positive income, 3 total offices
- Ameris Bank: South Irwin Avenue Branch at 300 South Irwin Avenue, branch established on 1956/10/01. Info updated 2012/02/27: Bank assets: $3,003.2 mil, Deposits: $2,595.8 mil, headquarters in Moultrie, GA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 79 total offices, Holding Company: Ameris Bancorp
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (57%)
- Utility gas (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- No fuel used (2%)
- Wood (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Irwin County Georgia:
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Religion statistics for Ocilla (based on Irwin County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 43.30%
| Here | | 43.3% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Progressive Primitive Baptists | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | United Methodist Church | Other |
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| Adherents | 67.1% | 10.9% | 10.5% | 9.1% | 2.5% |
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| Congregations | 47.8% | 21.7% | 4.3% | 8.7% | 17.4% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 2 | Here: | 2.02 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 1.91 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 5 | Irwin County: | 5.05 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 0.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 5 | This county: | 5.05 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 5.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 2 | Irwin County: | 2.02 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 7.41 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Irwin County: | 11.8% | | State: | 10.4% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 16.1% | | Georgia: | 14.6% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
4 | $12,229 | $36,687 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 6 | $2,040 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $459 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
8 | $35,592 | $53,388 | 3 | $1,849 |
| Police - Other |
5 | $15,548 | $37,315 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
4 | $7,539 | $22,617 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
5 | $10,524 | $25,258 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
3 | $5,707 | $22,828 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
4 | $4,494 | $13,482 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
33 | $91,633 | $33,321 | 10 | $4,348 |
Ocilla government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $248,000 ($71.00)
Sewerage: $225,000 ($64.41)
All Other: $13,000 ($3.72)
- Construction - Regular Highways: $28,000 ($8.02)
Sewerage: $20,000 ($5.73)
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $577,000 ($165.19)
Gas Utilities: $248,000 ($71.00)
Water Utilities: $209,000 ($59.83)
Solid Waste Management: $207,000 ($59.26)
Regular Highways: $201,000 ($57.54)
Central Staff Services: $191,000 ($54.68)
General - Other: $156,000 ($44.66)
Sewerage: $139,000 ($39.79)
Fire Protection: $116,000 ($33.21)
Financial Administration: $18,000 ($5.15)
Judicial and Legal Services: $12,000 ($3.44)
Libraries: $9,000 ($2.58)
Parks & Recreation: $2,000 ($0.57)
- General - Interest on Debt: $2,000 ($0.57)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $213,000 ($60.98)
All Other: $73,000 ($20.90)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $1,612,000 ($461.49)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $27,000 ($7.73)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $15,000 ($4.29)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $1,586,000 ($454.05)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $26,000 ($7.44)
Other, NEC: $12,000 ($3.44)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $106,000 ($30.35)
Rents: $14,000 ($4.01)
Interest Earnings: $6,000 ($1.72)
- Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $151,000 ($43.23)
Water Utilities: $118,000 ($33.78)
Sewerage: $79,000 ($22.62)
Welfare - Other: $29,000 ($8.30)
General - Other: $20,000 ($5.73)
Regular Highways: $16,000 ($4.58)
Central Staff: $2,000 ($0.57)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $304,000 ($87.03)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $338,000 ($96.76)
Gas Utilities: $281,000 ($80.45)
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $184,000 ($52.68)
Beginning: $115,000 ($32.92)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $233,000 ($66.70)
- State Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $43,000 ($12.31)
All Other: $5,000 ($1.43)
- Tax - Property: $510,000 ($146.01)
Public Utilities: $143,000 ($40.94)
Other Selective Sales: $119,000 ($34.07)
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $48,000 ($13.74)
NEC: $46,000 ($13.17)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $819,000 ($234.47)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $90,000 ($25.77)
8.65% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($25,354 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.65% | | Georgia average: | 10.98% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
8.16% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,573 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.16% | | Georgia average: | 9.55% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Ocilla:
- WBHB (1240 AM; 1 kW; FITZGERALD, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
- WDMG (860 AM; 5 kW; DOUGLAS, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
- WMAC (940 AM; 50 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WFVR (910 AM; 50 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RAMA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WOKA (1310 AM; 4 kW; DOUGLAS, GA; Owner: COFFEE COUNTY BROADCASTERS, INC.)
- WMGA (1130 AM; 10 kW; MOULTRIE, GA; Owner: RADIO MOULTRIE, INC.)
- WSTT (730 AM; 25 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: MARION R. WILLIAMS)
- WOKV (690 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
- WKTF (1550 AM; 10 kW; VIENNA, GA; Owner: SANTILLANA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WTIF (1340 AM; 1 kW; TIFTON, GA; Owner: TIFTON BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WHGH (840 AM; daytime; 10 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: H. G. H INVESTMENT CORP.)
- WSB (750 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Ocilla:
- WKAA (97.7 FM; OCILLA, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
- WLPF (98.5 FM; OCILLA, GA; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
- WKZZ (92.5 FM; TIFTON, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
- WRDO (96.9 FM; FITZGERALD, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
- WOKA-FM (106.7 FM; DOUGLAS, GA; Owner: COFFEE COUNTY BROADCASTERS, INC.)
- WDMG-FM (99.5 FM; DOUGLAS, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
- WOBB (100.3 FM; TIFTON, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WJYF (95.3 FM; NASHVILLE, GA; Owner: TIFTON BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WULS (103.7 FM; BROXTON, GA; Owner: ROUNDTREE-CARVER ENTERPRISES, INC)
- WTIF-FM (107.5 FM; OMEGA, GA; Owner: OMEGA BROADCASTING CORP)
- WAEF (90.3 FM; CORDELE, GA; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WBJY (89.3 FM; AMERICUS, GA; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WABR (91.1 FM; TIFTON, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMM, COMMISSION)
- WPNG (101.9 FM; PEARSON, GA; Owner: KM RADIO OF PEARSON, L.L.C.)
- WFFM (105.7 FM; ASHBURN, GA; Owner: ON TOP COMMUNICATIONS OF GEORGIA, LLC)
TV broadcast stations around Ocilla:
- W12DA (Channel 12; TIFTON, GA; Owner: TIFT AREA TV, INC.)
- WVAG (Channel 44; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: HUTCHENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- W33BX (Channel 33; TIFTON, GA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WALB (Channel 10; ALBANY, GA; Owner: LIBCO, INC.)
- WFXL (Channel 31; ALBANY, GA; Owner: WAITT LICENSE COMPANY OF GEORGIA, L.L.C.)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Ocilla, Georgia:
- Fatal accident count: 16
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 28
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 5
- Fatalities: 19
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 40
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 3
Georgia average:
- Fatal accident count: 90
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 140
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 25
- Fatalities: 98
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 235
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 12
See more detailed statistics of Ocilla fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 3
Total length: 6 meters (20ft)
Total costs: $80,000
Total average daily traffic: 3,870
Total future (year 2027) average daily traffic: 5,805
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Ocilla)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 43 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 10 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers in Ocilla, GA)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1 - Ocilla, Lat: 31.606389 Lon: -83.229722, Call Sign: WPXC374
Assigned Frequencies: 956.393 MHz, 956.393 MHz
Grant Date: 03/04/2003, Expiration Date: 03/04/2013, Certifier: Billy R Hall Jr.
Registrant: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP, 600 Thirteenth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005-3096, Phone: (202) 756-8082, Fax: (202) 756-8087, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 9 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Ocilla)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 11 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft in Ocilla)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Ocilla, GA
| Most common first names in Ocilla, GA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| John | 76 | 72.8 years |
| Mary | 66 | 76.1 years |
| James | 60 | 72.5 years |
| William | 52 | 71.3 years |
| Willie | 42 | 74.5 years |
| Annie | 29 | 76.8 years |
| Henry | 26 | 73.9 years |
| Robert | 23 | 68.7 years |
| George | 23 | 72.4 years |
| Mattie | 19 | 86.5 years |
| Most common last names in Ocilla, GA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Harper | 64 | 76.5 years |
| Tucker | 52 | 77.4 years |
| Paulk | 47 | 79.3 years |
| Roberts | 45 | 75.5 years |
| Griffin | 37 | 75.9 years |
| Davis | 27 | 77.9 years |
| Johnson | 27 | 71.8 years |
| Mixon | 26 | 77.3 years |
| Smith | 25 | 74.0 years |
| Ross | 23 | 75.9 years |
Businesses in Ocilla, GA
- Popeyes: 1
- Subway: 1
- UPS: 1
- #4 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in training schools for juvenile delinquents"
- #101 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Information and record clerks except customer service representatives"
- #76 (31774) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of residents speaking English at home (pop 5,000+)"
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